A comprehensive analysis of the influence of variety and climate on some properties of sunflower oil [pdf]
Ibtissame Guirrou, Mohamed Kouighat, Rajae Kettani, Karim Houmanat, Charafeddine Kassimi, Abdelhay El Harrak, Abdelghani Nabloussi
Abstract
Oilseed crops are the second largest food source after cereals, with a wide distribution worldwide due to the high demand for edible vegetable oils.With important functions in nutritional physiology and human health, vegetable oils are essential components of human diet (Ebrahimian et al., 2019).Among oilseed crops, sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) accounts for up to 12% of global seed oil production (approximately 22 million tons), ranking fourth after palm, soybean, and canola.The total area of sunflower crop cultivation in the world was estimated at 29.2 million ha across 72 different countries (FAOSTAT, 2022).Sunflower has the potential to be a very competitive crop due to its unusually high genetic diversity